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Bendy phones, walled gardens, holding it wrong.... it's only a problem when it's from Cupertino. So this will be a two day news story, like when Samsung had to recall an entire phone model because the batteries were blowing up and starting on fire.

Tesla's range is either 220 or 325 miles, That's long enough for most routine drives, and enough to go from Seattle to Victoria and back, and there are superchargers along all the major highways for long-range driving (and in both Seattle and Victoria). And "having to charge up" just means pluggig in while you're doing whatever you went to Victoria to do - it takes less time to plug/unplug an EV to fill a gas tank, you just need to do something else for little while during charging, since you can safely leave your car - like eat lunch, go to the bathroom, etc. The only problem is that Superchargers keep getting faster, so now for me a charge during a long drive takes less time than breakfast/lunch/dinner. https://www.theverge.com/2019/... . The new Superchargers will get you 75 miles of range in 5 minutes, and a full charge in a half hour. Which isn't enough time for a relaxed "purge and fill" before getting back on the road.

Amusingly, in the early days gas cars had "range anxiety" because there was no such thing as a gas station people bought gasoline from random businesses that also sold gas, or carried cans of gas with them, while electricity could plug in anywhere that had power, and that was a reason that electric cars were more popular back then. https://www.greencarreports.co... . It took 50 years for gas stations to become ubiquitous. High speed EV chargers are already much more available than early gas stations, and are building out fast.

There are at least two live action Star Wars shows in the hopper...

I agree, that is a lot of Star Wars (and Marvel) content for a not very large price.

Let's see...

• All the Star Wars Films
• The Mandalorians New TV Series
• All the old Star Wars Animated Shows
• All the Marvel Movies
• New Marvel content featuring Loki, Scarlett Witch & Vision, Falcon & The Winter Soldier, and Hawkeye.
• Phineas & Ferb, including a new movie.

For $6.99 a month (or $69.99 a year)? Yeah, I'd do that...

Let's see...

• All the Star Wars Films
• The Mandalorians New TV Series
• All the old Star Wars Animated Shows
• All the Marvel Movies
• New Marvel content featuring Loki, Scarlett Witch & Vision, Falcon & The Winter Soldier, and Hawkeye.
• Phineas & Ferb, including a new movie.

For $6.99 a month (or $69.99 a year)? Yeah, I'd do that...

The U.S. has charged him with one count of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), according to the Verge.

According to the Verge, he's been charged with "one count of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)".

Tesla makes $60,000+ cars

Fake News, Tesla Hater!

Get your head out of three years ago... or wherever else it may have ended up.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/...

In the UK, you get investigated and harassed by the police for using the wrong gender pronoun for transgender people. Seriously, that's so much better?

Claim that Islam is evil in most of the EU and you get charged and then sent to jail for 6+ months. It's not just Germany, but wonderful Sweden as well. And of course the UK.

Say anything against the Government in much of the world and you end up in prison (or just - gone). Yes, most of the rest of the world has a lot less freedom of speech. Provably so. In fact, your post to me would qualify as hate speech in much of Europe and could land you in jail because you denigrate me. Seriously.

Machines doesn't think as you probably understand which is why this is a problem - the machine can be fooled but doesn't detect that what fools it isn't logical. A human generally detect those cases and adapt to the situation. The problem is the reliance of pseduo-AI pattern matching without the actual AI, the part that would make the machine "think".
Another problem is the sensitivity of current systems in that small patterns that just would make a human somewhat confused instead is detected as a highly accurate match for something completely different, this have been demonstrated with many types of NN image classifiers with funny examples like a turtle being detected as a weapon: https://www.theverge.com/2017/...

His greatest gag was saying they would make $35000 model 3.

Not that things can't change but currently the CEO of Disney plans for the Vault to go away with the launch of Disney+.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

The links above, live:

Many Windows 10 Users Unable To Connect To Windows Update Service.

Windows 7 Users Who Installed January Update Report Network Issues; Some Say the Update Has Also Incorrectly Flagged Their OS License as 'Not Genuine'.

Windows 10 Will Reserve 7GB of Your Computer's Storage in its Next Major Release So That Big Updates Don't Fail.

Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks Windows Media Player, Win32 Apps In General

Microsoft Resumes Rollout of Windows 10 Version 1809, Promises Quality Changes.

Microsoft's Problem Isn't How Often it Updates Windows -- It's How It Develops It.

More links to stories showing that Microsoft is VERY poorly managed:

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (Aug. 4, 2015)

Windows 10 shows you ads while you are trying to work. But, at least at present, you may be able to stop at least some of the advertising: 7 ways Windows 10 pushes ads at you, and how to stop them.

Microsoft's Intolerable Windows 10 Aggression (May 27, 2016)

Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads (March 17, 2017)

Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10. (March 21, 2017)

Bill Gates still manages Microsoft: Two years ago, during a Jan. 17, 2017 discussion with Charlie Rose, Bill Gates said he spends "15 percent" of his time managing Microsoft. I interpreted that to mean that Gates is still extremely involved and very influential. Did Gates want the mess that is Windows 10?

From the transcript at that Charlie Rose web page:

08:42
"Bill Gates: I'm there about 15 percent of the time. And I get to work just on the R and D part, brainstorming with people, thinking, OK, how are we going to take this artificial intelligence and make it understand, help you use your time better. It's a very exciting time in software. There's five companies that are, you know, in a really strong position. Microsoft is leading in some really cool stuff so --"

It seems obvious that Bill Gates still has a huge amount of overall influence on the management of Microsoft, even if he mostly focuses on other subjects.

See Turns Out Algorithms Are Racist. And don't forget that time Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day. If we can do the opposite and make sure our algorithms aren't racist unintentionally and that our machine learning assistants don't become racist, you'll have won half the battle of making them ethical. This is going to be a hard problem to solve. It's not enough for programmers to be ethical they need to have outside observers helping them, especially people not like them.

They're turning them loose in crowded areas near me!
https://wtop.com/dc-transit/20...

The areas described here are both several city-block "town square" type of deals,
bustling with pedestrians on small streets and sidewalks, with restaurants, shopping,
movies, and (at the onewith the subway stop) also apartments. Street and garage
parking, random double-parking and curb pickup. Traffic is normally about 10-15 MPH
and is signed for 25 MPH; these two areas are about 2 miles from each other and are
connected directly by a busy commuter highway that's supposed to be 35 MPH but the
crazy drivers weave and swerve at 45 MPH when they can.

It's amazing that there are not more accidents, with people constantly running all over
the streets and crazy/inattentive drivers; it will be interesting to see how the robots do.

I believe that other cities are already ahead on this... https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

I'm a pilot. I fly a plane with an autopilot. I also drive a Tesla with their "autopilot".

The very expensive aircraft autopilot flies great. I can be hands-off the controls for extended periods of time, read a book, browse Facebook (hurrah for GoGo :), etc. Do I? Hell no! An aircraft autopilot has no clue what other aircraft are doing. TCAS might see another nearby aircraft, maybe it won't. I keep my hands on or near the controls, I look out the window, and I scan the instruments - all the time. Which is pretty much what I do in the Tesla. The big difference is that the Tesla actually does a pretty decent job of reacting to other cars. Odd lane markings and construction zones do freak it out from time to time. I have had the Tesla alert me to an unsafe traffic or road condition and tell me to take over - in a flurry of beeps and on-screen alerts. Freaks me out every time. I wish the autopilot in the airplane would do that - instead it just shuts off, throws a warning light if I'm lucky, and the plane wanders off somewhere in the sky until I pull head of my my ass. I probably hand-fly the airplane more than I hand-drive the Tesla - on cross country trips. Taxiing around on the ground is a bit like driving a Tesla to the grocery store - an annoying fact of life to tolerate only until I get where I belong - out on the road, or up in the air, where the massively automated systems not only make my life easier, they make it safer as well.

You people bitching about how dangerous the Tesla autopilot is are just spoiled, bitchy little meat bags of self-loading cargo. You have no concept of automation, risk, and capability, you see the autopilot and cry that it's not perfect. You all need to fly from LA to NYC in a Ford Trimotor, or drive between them in a model T. Keep a spare set of points and a condenser in the glovebox. The magneto on the Trimotor's radial engines probably uses the same points as the Model T. Make sure you can change the points and gap them in the middle of nowhere, because that's where they'll fail. You'll be flying for about 20 hours, and you'll make about 8 stops for fuel and maintenance. The Model T will take a wee bit longer, at least 60 hours, with modern roads, unless you have to stop and fix the engine. A model 3 can make that drive in 50 hours, and you won't have to change the points once.

right here

For those who don't want to be bothered watching the video (or can't stand Cult of Dusty, which I can't really blame you for), PDP had a large number of alt-right personalities he was following and after the New Zealand shooter he emptied his followers list.

PDP may or may not actually believe any of the things the alt-right does. But he absolutely uses the movement and it's fans to his advantage. The controversial things he's done have almost exclusively appealed to the alt-right.

Like a lot of YouTubers he's figured out that the alt-right is a powerful engine for increasing views and ad revenue. But feeding off that isn't a one way street. He's normalizing and legitimizing the worst aspects of that community. And not just him. Other YouTubers like Sargon of Arkad, JonTron and Ben Shapiro are doing the same. Go look up some videos from Contrapoints, Three Arrows and hbomberguy on the subject. They're far better than anything I could type.

There's an entire engine on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook dedicated to exploiting angry, bitter, jobless young men for ad revenue and Pateron donations. I'm bloody sick of it. It's dangerous as fuck. Eventually a real demagogue will come along and organize them into brown shirts.

Attention Republican Sillypersons: Tunnels actually aren't that difficult now. The technology "works" - how expensive remains to be seen. Crying unrealistically solves nothing. Harvest your tears, child. Save 'em.

It's going to be a hot day in Vegas, you might get thirsty if you dry yourself out over falsehoods...

While it may be ok to overstate how fast and how far things will go when developing a new technology, this is something they'll be relying on.

It doesn't sound like there's much new tech to develop, just some dispatch software. Musk delivered the South Australia battery in 63 days:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/...

It sounds like he could be more than a year late and still be done before the convention center opens, but it's not just you and I that know that projects delivered late reflect poorly on the business.

there are tons of stuff were Apple apps have favorable integration other apps only can dream off.

Keep dreaming. Apple is nothing if not consistent in fiercely protecting their customer's privacy, and most of the access you speak of is used for violating customer privacy.

As far as the chips go: The chips should be walled off with only API access. That's just proper OS design.

You want to know the reason why Apple doesn't allow anybody else to use NFC? I have a better question for you: Why should they trust you or anybody else? Facebook violated pretty much every privacy rule Apple had with their "Facebook Research" app, and Google did the same with Google Screenwise.

Allowing somebody else would open the door for the alternative payment service to harvest a customer's payment information -- something Apple won't allow on its devices.

Apple has very strong, very consistent rules to prevent developers in its ecosystem from abusing Apple's customers. Telling developers they will not be allowed to fuck with Apple's customers is a strong selling point in the brand.

My understanding: Microsoft is an EXTREMELY poorly-managed company. I think much more attention should be given to that.

Microsoft trash talks Windows 10 LTSC -- again (Dec. 5, 2018)

Microsoft scrambles to limit PR damage over abusive AI bot Tay. (Nov. 30, 2017)

Guess what country sued Microsoft over abusive user data collection! -- Brazil (Apr. 28, 2018) Bad adjective: "beloved" Windows 10.

Apparently the present worsening management began with Ballmer-osis: Microsoft Is Filled With Abusive Managers And Overworked Employees, Says Tell-All Book (May 23, 2012)

But Microsoft was always abusive, apparently: 'Crush Them': An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley. (May 18, 2018)

Bill Gates still runs Microsoft: Two years ago, during a Jan. 17, 2017 discussion with Charlie Rose, Bill Gates said he spends "15 percent" of his time managing Microsoft. I interpreted that to mean that Gates is still extremely involved and very influential. Did Gates want the mess that is Windows 10?

From the transcript at that Charlie Rose web page:

08:42
"Bill Gates: I'm there about 15 percent of the time. And I get to work just on the R and D part, brainstorming with people, thinking, OK, how are we going to take this artificial intelligence and make it understand, help you use your time better. It's a very exciting time in software. There's five companies that are, you know, in a really strong position. Microsoft is leading in some really cool stuff so --"

It seems obvious that Bill Gates still has a huge amount of overall influence on the management of Microsoft, even if he mostly focuses on other subjects.

Lately, Windows users are not allowed to know what Windows updates actually do. In the past, for example, users were pushed to Windows 10, without giving their permission. So, now Windows 7 customers will be paying for updates that may be abusive.

Some of the many stories about Windows 10 indicate deliberate abuse of customers:

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (Aug. 4, 2015)

Microsoft's Intolerable Windows 10 Aggression (May 27, 2016)

Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads (March 17, 2017)

Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10. (March 21, 2017)

Having poor quality software makes more money for Microsoft!

Lately, Windows users are not allowed to know what Windows updates actually do. In the past, for example, users were pushed to Windows 10, without giving their permission. So, now Windows 7 customers will be paying for updates that may be abusive.

Some of the many stories about Windows 10 indicate deliberate abuse of customers:

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (Aug. 4, 2015)

Microsoft's Intolerable Windows 10 Aggression (May 27, 2016)

Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads (March 17, 2017)

Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10. (March 21, 2017)

Manning hangs out with white nationalists, I don't see that as acting in the interest of the American people. You're just a retard.

This article warrants reposting here:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/...

One run by the Internet Research Agency out of St. Petersberg during office hours, acting in unison with the other 99 accounts being run from the same room.

Ah, we're back at the "Russian trolls" excuse. I recall a few months ago Twitter banned a bunch of Bulgarian accounts for the sole reason that they wrote in Cyrillic alphabet, were from the capital city of Bulgaria and were active roughly during the daytime over there, thereby fulfilling all your criteria.

The irony was most of those blocked were the exact opposite of a troll farm - they were genuine accounts and of people who were mostly pro-western and quite liberal at that.

It is impossible to ascertain any of the things you propose with any certainty just by the online activity of an account, especially in the absence of clear policies.

First of all, most self driving cars will end up using LIDAR.

False assumption.

Secondly. even cars with cameras do a lot of image transformations such that color is usually disposed of.

Do you have any experience with machine vision?

You mean like this? https://www.theverge.com/2018/...

1. Which is why I said "One of".

2. The Walkman sold ~400 million (*) copies (~200 million were the cassette player). That is roughly on par with ALL the PlayStations combined (~434 million)

PS1 = 102 million sales
PS2 = 155 million sales
PS3 = 83 million
PS3 = 94 million

(*) Not sure where the Verge is getting 400 million from. Wikipedia lists 385 million as of 2009.

Regardless, while Sony has been extremely successful in the Electronics sector their bread-and-butter is still Insurance.

Both are at fault. ISPs spent over $100M on donations to both parties, with the Rs getting a bit more ($55M v. $45M), most likely be cause there were more of them in office.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/...

of how China oppresses it's people in creepy ways. I'm actually a bit surprised this didn't make /..

One thing I haven't seen is so much as a peep about this from main stream media or a single politician. Calling out China's gov't is up there with showing a picture of Mohammad or pissing off Vladimir Putin in the list of "Shit you don't do".

What annoys me is seeing folks call for "Regime Change" in Venezuela and Iran while they ignore China (and Saudi Arabia while we're at it). Hell, Xi has basically declared himself emperor for life and Trump didn't just say it was OK, he said we should do that too. Not a peep I tells ya.

I know it's all about money (oil and cheap labor), but damn it pisses me off. Not the hypocrisy (pay a man that much and he doesn't care if you call him a hypocrite), but how they always get away with it.

A slightly less batshit raving crazy analysis of the memo in question: https://www.theverge.com/2018/...

TL;DR Google is trying to fully understand the topic in order to make better decision. Brietbart tried to shut down the conversation and censor all discussion by screaming "censorship!!".

Employees of this kind often try to damage the company through disrupting contracts and generating bad press.

Citation.

Big when folded, giant when unfolded is what will sell.

Even better: small when folded, giant when unfolded. I'd like a phone that lets you unfold it at least 3 times, doubling the screen area with each unfold. Or maybe unroll a rolled-up screen, like this one.

Subsequently I saw this article that seem to indicate there was a stance to potentially remove the API all together if Chrome sees fit. https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

Two years ago, during a Jan. 17, 2017 discussion with Charlie Rose, Bill Gates said he spends "15 percent" of his time managing Microsoft. I interpreted that to mean that Gates is still extremely involved and very influential. Did Gates want the mess that is Windows 10?

From the transcript at that Charlie Rose web page:

08:42
"Bill Gates: I'm there about 15 percent of the time. And I get to work just on the R and D part, brainstorming with people, thinking, OK, how are we going to take this artificial intelligence and make it understand, help you use your time better. It's a very exciting time in software. There's five companies that are, you know, in a really strong position. Microsoft is leading in some really cool stuff so --"

It seems obvious that Bill Gates still has a huge amount of overall influence on the management of Microsoft, even if he mostly focuses on other subjects.

Some of the many stories about Windows 10:

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (Aug. 4, 2015)

Microsoft's Intolerable Windows 10 Aggression (May 27, 2016)

Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads (March 17, 2017)

Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10. (March 21, 2017)

I can't imagine why anyone would stay with Apple

https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

trotting out security incidents is retarded. Apple has them too. Sometimes serious ones (see above).... If you're gonna do a comparison, at least base it on technical merits.

I just read on The Verge that iRobot, makers of the Roomba, have created a lawnmower version. I'm wondering if someone's pet is going to be ground to a pulp by that ilttle murderous lawnmower robot.

https://www.theverge.com/circu...

If you believe AppleÃ(TM)s Ãoespyingà (whatever that means) decreases transaction security, please, tell us how.

It decreases security because there are more hands in the pot. Not only does the secrets comprising the underlying card still need to be guarded so does the account / device itself. More to go wrong, more opportunities for data collection and systems compromise.

The future of payment systems isn't layering one disaster (credit cards) upon another (hardware tied vendor specific proprietary payment schemes) ... the future is in systems like SWIFT's RT-RPS.

And please show proof that any Apple Pay user has ever been compromised as a result of using it.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/...

That would be the Meizu Zero or maybe the Vivo Apex 2019. Apple's courage doesn't yet extend so far as to go wireless charging only (no need for a USB port), remove all all the buttons, *and* go eSIM-only so they can dump the SIM card tray! I expect Apple with be copying (and patenting) these "innovations" and making them their own soon enough though, so hardly surprising the SE's sold out so fast.

Nikon does not fab their own sensors. They source them from Sony and some other companies.

This is true and ultimately it may be their doom. Sony has gotten into the high end camera market to the point where they lead the market in new camera sales passing both Nikon and Canon. Having to rely on one of your biggest competitors for such a critical component is a BAD place to be. Especially since the market for dedicated camera fell off a cliff courtesy of smartphones.

"The AI agent was hobbled in some ways. For example, it was restricted from performing more clicks per minute than a human" https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

https://www.theverge.com/2017/...

If you had a fucking brain asshole, you could have done a google search to see who uses Android phones.

You would have found both celebrities and also various billionaires.

Showing that assuming really does make an ass out of you. You specifically. Fucking idiot

You're right, it's an obscure phrase that people only used briefly on obscure websites years ago.

https://www.theverge.com/2013/...
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07...
https://mashable.com/article/f...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/t...
https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/...
https://arstechnica.com/inform...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/sc...
https://gizmodo.com/dark-patte...
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-...
https://www.extremetech.com/in...
https://venturebeat.com/2018/0...
https://sdtimes.com/addiction/...
https://9to5mac.com/2018/10/15...

ERROR in my parent comment above: I'm tired. I need to take a nap.

There are many ways in which Microsoft is insufficiently managed, also.

I posted this before:

Some of the many, many stories:

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (Aug. 4, 2015)

Microsoft's Intolerable Windows 10 Aggression (May 27, 2016)

Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads (March 17, 2017)

Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10. (March 21, 2017)

There is no way to justify Microsoft managers operating the company like that. If Microsoft had paid $100,000,000 for negative advertising, it wouldn't have gotten such extremely bad results, in my opinion.

Far Cry 5 had the absolute OPPOSITE controversy, and it's easy to see by the fact the "complaining" is coming from the people praising BFV. Namely, TheVerge, Vox, Polygon and other SJW pandering "gaming" blogs suddenly writing negative pieces about Far Cry 5 :

https://www.theverge.com/2018/...

Literally :

Ever since its reveal nearly a year ago, Far Cry 5 has invited controversy. Whereas most shooters have players aim their weapons at zombies, demons, or Nazis, Far Cry 5 takes place in Montana, and its enemies are American citizens who bear a strong resemblance to the stereotypical image of a modern, young white supremacist. The first piece of art for the game was a re-creation of The Last Supper, but with Southern hipsters wielding guns and knives and a tablecloth that was an alternate reality version of the American flag.

In the months since, the developers at Ubisoft Montreal have been hesitant to draw any true parallels between the gameâ(TM)s world and the real world. And after playing a few dozen hours of the game, the reason for their reticence is clear: Far Cry 5 doesnâ(TM)t have anything to say about race in America. It doesnâ(TM)t have much to say at all. Itâ(TM)s a big, dumb action game with an artificial sheen implying depth.

How disingenuous to you have to be to pretend both games received the same kind of "controversy".

"Hard to hack"... well, ummm...apparently not...
https://www.theverge.com/2019/...
Additionally, there's hsitory:
1- Parity Freeze Hack : 512K ETH
2- Party multisig wallet Hack : 150K ETH solen
3-The DAO hack: 15% of ALL in circulation stolen
Stop calling this nonsense secure......

I'm using the article's link. :) Found that pretty interesting in itself, very much so.
I did catch one mistake in my post(s), it was 8.5% of under 65 that sent fake news.

And this if funny too... on another site they talk about parties. 4% of dems and 18% of republicans shared fake news... saying due to Trump stuff.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

And then on Fox News, they have a partial article that totally omits the 4% dems vs. 18% repubs. I find it hilarious, as more of a moderate myself, that Fox would leave out that stat but post most of the rest. The biased news on both sides is just sad... you have to laugh some so you don't cry. Anyway, stop reading the news, it'll ruin your day!

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/f...

https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

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They showed the same thing last year. They also said it will be released in 2019. So, why is it really "news"?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/...